There Will Be Blood

Paul Thomas Anderson's vision was incredibly bold, tackling history, capitalism, religion, and familial division, but somehow still, the large majority of the movie is entirely framed around Daniel Day-Lewis, specifically his eyes, and it doesn't feel unnecessary at all. In the PTA movies I have seen so far, they are centered around multiple emotionally nuanced characters tackling their past or their mental health, but for this movie, Daniel Plainview from front to start, turns away from connection at nearly every opportunity, though at times it feels like he craves it, but he hates humans too much to even connect with someone like his adopted son. The movie is if anything, terrifying all throughout. The score is haunting, Daniel is so incredibly intense at the start of the movie it already is uncomfortable, but every time it jumps forward he someone gets more and more intense, to the point where by 1927, when you see him as a lonely, rich, alcoholic man, that through the last 15 minutes just proves himself as a terrible father, liar, and murderer, and you don't even feel surprised. It is long winded, but definitely worth it. Daniel is wonderful. 94